This little raccoon used to come with his mother and a brother
or sister when they were really little - I always put food off my deck
(leftovers) and bread for the birds. Guess they knew they could get a free meal
here! Well after the mom and sibling got run over he kept coming. He will stand
up on his little back legs and hit the window if we don't see him! One night it
was late (he usually comes during the day and then comes back around 6 or 7. So
one night it was about 8 and dark and I heard a bang. Sounded like something
fell. I got up and looked around and didn't see anything. Then we heard it
again. Stanley said where is that coming from? I told him it sounded like
something was on the deck. We have an old wooden Remington box on the deck we
keep the chemicals for the hot tub in. I turned on the light and there the
raccoon was BANGING THE LID to get our attention!!! I opened the door and he
came right into the house! I quickly got some bread and led him back out. We
don't try to pet him because they carry rabies, but he is so cute. He climbs up
into one of the big oaks and nestles into a fork and sleeps and looks down at us
when he wakes up if we're outside. He is a cutie. We named him Rocky Raccoon
after the Beatles song

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